The Eastern Miscellany Reports On Women's Issues(1904-1948)

The eastern miscellany,which was founded in the late qing dynasty,is the academic journal with the longest circulation time and the greatest influence.From the founding of the miscellany in 1904 to the end of 1948,with the aim of "enlighten the nation and contact east Asia",the miscellany has made a comprehensive,objective and profound report on international and domestic women's issues for 45 years.Even in instability,the war-torn years,also has been uninterrupted pay close attention to the problems of women,women reported has maintained the rigorous academic attitude and objective expression of rational thought,surviving for contemporary academic research on modern women history offers a large number of first-hand information,honesty is a academic base.This paper makes a special study on the report of women's issues in eastern miscellany,including politics,education,marriage,occupation,social influence,ideology and culture,etc.Based on the collation of the written reports and according to the major historical events,the reports are divided into three periods: late qing dynasty(1904-1911),the republic of China(1912-1936)and the war of resistance against Japanese aggression(1937-1948).The emphases of the reports in different periods have changed obviously,analyzed the reasons and contents of the reports.The advertisement of eastern miscellany introduces books and commercial products about women.In terms of picture reporting,the pictures in the column of "easternl pictorial" and the inserted pictures in the article make the female reporting more vivid and intuitive.The focus of eastern miscellany on women's education,women's rights movement,marriage and family,women in war,men and women,and women's life in rural China is not only a true portrayal of women's life at home and abroad at that time,but also a picture of women's self-consciousness awakening and striving for independence and liberation.Through eastern miscellany,progressive intellectuals reported the latest development of women's world at home and abroad,spread advanced theoretical knowledge,called on Chinese women to get rid of the shackles of feudal ethics and old ideas,and accept the western ideas of equality andequal rights between men and women,thus promoting the civilization of women's thought.